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The flowers today were very cheering. I am going to say good night now and see you all in the morning. I hope that painkiller works for you @lizzie27!

Gosh, that's going to be hard work @Selleri but the path skeleton looks good.

No water Again!!Funny how that when you ring up they don't know anything about it, when with in minutes they is a crew fixing it, there replacing a main pipe not far away and i think they are turning off the water when they need to do something but they aren't telling us, as the time from tap...

A Christmas present from my dearest Brother, delivered in a ziplock bag without the picture as the family tradition goes. I might not speak to him for a while.

A sunny and pleasant day. 4c tonight.Next week just wet and grim and getting colder.

A man from the art group asked if I'd like to have dinner (lunch if you're posh) with him and his wife today so I accepted the offer. He enjoys gardening and was head gardener in a big mansion in Kent for most of his working life. I had a welcome and lovely time with a friendly couple, he...

in many warmer countries insect pressure is absurdly high even with predators. bananas are never picked close to ripe even on obscure heirloom varieties in the deep jungle, because by the time they turn yellow theyre devoured. same with fruits here and blackbirds they just got used to eating...

Yes its true, Brugmansia sanguinea will over winter in the ground at root level. You do have to treat it as a dieback perennial in that situation though.

George likes to lick the olive juice off a dish (if I let him) but I’ve never tried him with a whole olive. They are all different aren’t they. George will avidly take a morsel from my fingers but Charlie prefer to have it off the floor. I don’t let them have human food much but they do like...